I just started college a few weeks and I'm trying hard not to get into trouble to study for my classes, especially this Chemistry midterm I have tomorrow, but I can't figure out how to get "in the zone" for studying and to be in my most productive state.

Once I can actually motivate myself to, I do most of my studying in my room just because that's how I've always done it. Laying in my bed where I'm comfortable seems to make it easier to do actual work but it's still hard to focus on reading. I can just never process what I read and it's like I read more so I can say that I did it than to actually learn from it. I tried doing some reading at a library a few nights ago but it was so hard to focus... the smallest noises would throw me off. Like this one bitch had flip flops and was walking all around the damn library flapping those things trying to find the printer. And I couldn't put my headphones in because music makes it even harder to focus on reading (it does help me with work, though).

I don't really know what to do because I can't see my current study habits getting me that 4.0 to get into medical school and I need to do perfectly this first year so I can transfer to Northwestern. Everyone thought I had ADHD when I was in elementary school but I grew out of at least the hyperactive part of that, should I see a doc and try getting on Adderall?

What do you guys do? How do you survive? I need advice

My bed

School library.

get banned from atrl for 3 years if you want to study
good luck on the MCAT

The library.

My room.

The library

i dont study

Library

This is probably the best piece of advice one could give me

This was a struggle for me too when I was in college because it was hard to find a place where people weren't loud. There were loud people in the library, computer labs, etc. Moving back home and commuting was the best decision for me. I did my schoolwork in my childhood bedroom. That's not an option for everyone though.

I need a big wide-open room with a carpet where I can sit on

i usually study the last minute, it gives me that adrenaline rush to study

School library. My school library is the shttt.

They have a coffee bar that is basically starbucks but student run.

I'm a mess at this

I guess library..

Anywhere but home. I get all my papers and other assignments done at the library, school, or even work. I can't concentrate home I get distracted way too easily.

I get a coffee and sit at a desk facing a blank wall in our guest room. The coffee helps me focus, and the blank wall makes the schoolwork seem much more interesting.

The living room at home. It has a huge table, and it's close to the frigde and the garden

study hall @ school

I struggle too but I usually go to the library because even though there are noises (I still don't understand why people go to the library if all they do is LAUGH and talk loud ) at least i'm not distracted by my computer (i don't take it to college). Even if the first fe minutes I don't want to work i tell myself that i won't move till i've done some homework/studied and it works most of the time.

Sometimes it doesn't work though and I always end up studying the day before the exam .